The Vocabulary of Knots

Every knot is made up of rope parts interwoven into one or more loops. This
weaving is carried out in specific over-and-under sequences. Below (and to the
right) are the rope parts and minor variations on the basic loop that form the structure of all
knots.

The end of the rope being used for knotting is the working
end or bitter-end. A bight is any slack section in the middle part of the rope.
The standing part is the main part of the rope, or that section of the
rope about which the end is turned to form a knot, hitch, etc.

A loop is a bright that forms at least a half circle. Bringing
the end parts near each other forms a closed loop; leaving them apart
makes an open one, (open loop).

When the ends of a loop are crossed, the rope is said to have
taken a turn. If the end is passed over the standing part, it is an overhand
turn, and if passed under the standing part, it is an underhand turn.

When either end of a turn is put back through the loop, in an
over-and-under sequence, the turn becomes a so-called overhand knot-which
seamen do not regard as a proper knot but use, nonetheless, as a building block
in making other knots.

An eye is a loop made in a rope end and secured either by
knotting or by the more permanent means of seizing or splicing, (as here).

When a rope used in conjunction with another object, such as a
spar or bollard, goes part way around the object, the rope is said to have taken
a turn. If it goes completely around the object to form a closed loop,
the rope makes a round turn. Two round turns are formed by passing
the rope three times over the object to form two closed loops.

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